• Mary Pipher: This is Now with Angie Coiro

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age It's one of our American ironies: our culture values older women less, just as...

    $15 – $45
  • YANovCon at the Millbrae Library

    Millbrae Library 1 Library Avenue, Millbrae, CA, United States

    The Young Adult Novelist Convention (YANovCon) is your exclusive connection to some of today's top authors of books for middle and high school youth (and everyone else who appreciates...

  • Spanish Book Discussion Group

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    El Impostor - Javier Cercas ¿Quién es Enric Marco? Un nonagenario barcelonés que se hizo pasar por superviviente de los campos nazis y que fue...

  • Joel Simon: This is Now with Angie Coiro

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    "America does not negotiate with terrorists." But are we sure we should keep it that way? Last year there were nearly nine thousand international terrorist...

  • The Second Kind of Impossible: The Quest for a New Form of Matter

    Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

    When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s, scientists thought they knew all conceivable forms of matter. "The Second Kind of Impossible"...

    $10 – $18
  • MIKE CHEN at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    With pieces featured in The Mary Sue, The Portalist, and Tor, local writer Mike Chen shares his debut novel, Here and Now and Then. To save his daughter, he'll...

  • Pam Houston, Deep Creek

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome award-winning author Pam Houston (Cowboys Are My Weakness) for a reading and signing of her new memoir, Deep Creek:...

    Free
  • Analicia Sotelo

    San Jose Museum of Art 110 Market St, San José, CA, United States

    Analicia Sotelo: Reading and Conversation with Vanessa Fernandez – February 7, 2019 // 7pm // San José Museum of Art THURSDAY February 7, 2019 7PM...

  • Barry Eisler

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Barry Eisler served three years with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. He worked as a technology lawyer. He has been at various times a startup executive...

    Free
  • ‘Elastic: Unlocking Your Brain’s Ability to Embrace Change’

    Oshman Family JCC, Freidenrich Conference Center, Room F-401 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

    The best-selling author of "Subliminal" and "The Drunkard's Walk" teaches you how to tap into the hidden power of your brain. In this startling and...

    $12 – $18
  • Alexandra Bracken and Tamara Ireland Stone

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Alexandra Bracken is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Darkest Minds series, (the movie was released in August of this...

    Free
  • Roger McNamee: This Is Now with Angie Coiro

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    The warnings are coming from inside the house. Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Roger McNamee are denizens of the same enchanted world: Silicon Valley's inner...

    $15 – $45
  • Sisters in Crime

    Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church 728 Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale

    You are invited to join Sunnyvale-Cupertino Branch for an interesting panel discussion by "Sisters in Crime." Refreshments will be served. Books will be available to...

    $15
  • Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    The New York Times bestselling author of The House Girl explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of Commonwealth and The Interestings. “Tara Conklin...

    Free
  • Robin LaFevers with Sabaa Tahir

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Robin LaFevers’ wonderful His Fair Assassins series tells the story of assassin nuns in Medieval France and is a store favorite. We are thrilled to...

    Free
  • Dani Shapiro in conversation with Elizabeth Rosner

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    It was a simple test. Yet, the course of her life changed forever. Dani Shapiro, the award-winning author of bestselling novels like Hourglass, Devotion, and...

    $10 – $40
  • Story is the Thing

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." -Muriel Rukeyser Reading starts at 7:30 pm. Light refreshments and conversation at 7:00 pm. Join us...

    $12
  • Charlie Jane Anders

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    The Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards all agree on Charlie Jane Anders, as do the devotees of her stunning 2016 achievement in literary science fiction,...

    Free
  • Jill Abramson: This Is Now with Angie Coiro

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    One of the news media's most qualified voices examines critical information battlegrounds: old media vs. new, documented veracity vs. clickbait. Jill Abramson follows four companies—...

    $15 – $45
  • Nayomi Munaweera

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    THURSDAY February 28, 2019 7PM MLK Library, Room 225/229 San José State University Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by SJSU Professor of...

  • Story Time with Peter H. Reynolds

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    From the creator of the New York Times bestsellers The Word Collector and I Am Human comes an empowering story about finding your voice and...

  • Guy Kawasaki

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    A veritable icon of Silicon Valley, Kawasaki is the author of 14 books, including staples in the entrepreneur's library like The Art of the Start....

  • Guy Kawasaki, Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life, and the lessons we can draw from them, in his...

  • An Evening with Author Nathan Szajnberg

    Oshman Family JCC, Freidenrich Conference Center, Room F-401 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

    Author Nathan Szajnberg will discuss his work on three father-son relationships as told by classic texts. He examines their dynamics and underpinnings, as well as...

    $5 – $18
  • Steinbeck Fellows Alumni Night

    THURSDAY March 7, 2019 7PM MLK Library Steinbeck Center, Room 590                             ...

  • Dana Frank, The Long Honduran Night

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Professor Dana Frank will join us to discuss and sign copies of her new book, The Long Honduran Night—a story of resistance, repression, and U.S. policy in...

  • Big Ideas Reading Group

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe?...

  • Poetry Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Poetry Santa Cruz is dedicated to nurturing the poetry community and bringing poetry to the larger community in Santa Cruz County. They present poetry readings at...

  • Carolyn Burke, Foursome

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Carolyn Burke for a discussion and signing of her new book, Foursome, a captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists...

  • Lisa Moore Ramee with Sabaa Tahir

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Lisa Moore Ramee’s highly anticipated, funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel A Good Kind of Trouble,  about...